> Someone commented on the designation - NASA uses >"Progress 12" on its spaceflight website. Indeed - but NASA is completely wrong. This is a Russian spaceship, not a NASA spaceship, and the Russians call it 'Progress No. 248' internally and 'Progress M-48' as the official external name. It is mission ISS 12P, but to call it "Progress 12" is just wrong, It's also very confusing, as there Re: Progress 12 Indeed - but NASA is completely wrong. This is a Russian spaceship, not a NASA spaceship, and the Russians call it 'Progress No. 248' internally and 'Progress M-48' as the official external name. It is mission ISS 12P, but to call it "Progress 12" is just wrong, It's also very confusing, as there was a 1981 mission called Progress 12. The basic points are that (1) NASA PR does not have the right to name non-NASA spacecraft, and (2) NASA PR is all too often clueless. - Jonathan .-------------------------------------------------------------------. | Jonathan McDowell | phone : (617) 495-7176 | | Harvard-Smithsonian Center | fax : (617) 495-7356 | | for Astrophysics | | | 60 Garden St, MS6 | | | Cambridge MA 02138 | email : jcm@cfa.harvard.edu | | USA | email : jmcdowell@cfa.harvard.edu | `-------------------------------------------------------------------' ----------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe from SeeSat-L, send a message with 'unsubscribe' in the SUBJECT to SeeSat-L-request@satobs.org List archived at http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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